After Marking the Villain Professor (ABO, GL) - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Zhou Yutao chuckled and used a hair tie to bind her disheveled long hair neatly, her energetic and tidy appearance exuding an impressive aura.

She placed her right hand on Xu Man’s head and ruffled it: “Change out of this dirty outfit of yours.”

Xu Man glanced at her casual clothes from the previous night and subconsciously obeyed the instruction, taking another set of new training uniforms once more.

She had been too flustered earlier, so she picked up the clothes from the floor and put them on. Although the lounge floor was quite clean and the clothes were not soiled, they had still fallen to the ground.

Xu Man was not usually so careless.

The lounge had no changing room, and only when she prepared to change clothes did Xu Man belatedly realize this, and she also belatedly realized that she had just changed in front of Zhou Yutao.

Her face instantly flushed red: “Professor Zhou, could you… could you not look at me?”

Clearly, just a quarter of an hour earlier, the two had been completely bare before each other, yet at this moment, she still felt ashamed.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Yutao’s gaze upon her was too intense.

Seeing the alpha in such a shy, young bride-like demeanor, Zhou Yutao felt an itch in her heart. She could not resist teasing her: “Does Boss Xu have such thin skin? When you stripped my clothes earlier, it was not like this at all.”

In fact, it was she who had undressed herself. Otherwise, given how Xu Man’s hands shook even when undoing a button, which took a long time, it would probably take an hour to remove a piece of clothing.

Other alphas could not wait to mark her immediately, but only this alpha, Xu Man, required her to set aside her pride as an Omega to guide her.

Yet, she just liked this type.

Xu Man: “…”.

She really recalled the scene at that time, but she only remembered that her hand had just been placed on the button of Zhou Yutao’s shirt when the shirt opened by itself.

The memories afterward were very chaotic, feeling like fireworks blooming in her mind, making it hard to recall how she had stripped Zhou Yutao completely naked.

However, in this matter, she was still at fault.

Zhou Yutao not taking her life was already fortunate.

Xu Man had no strength to argue and finally changed into the same training uniform as Zhou Yutao under her unwavering gaze.

Two tall beauties standing together was a pleasing sight; even wearing the same training uniforms, they managed to make it look like a couple’s outfit.

Yes, Zhou Yutao had been watching Xu Man change clothes the whole time.

Her face showed no change, but in her heart, she sighed once again that the figure of a female alpha was truly excellent.

Who said only Omegas were delectable? Some alphas were also very alluring, especially with this shy little personality.

Fortunately, she belonged to her now.

Was it not natural to look at her own alpha?

Zhou Yutao had not expected that one day she would become so shameless because of an alpha.

She blinked and covered the smile at the corner of her lips with her hand, saying: “Boss Xu treated me like this today, should you not give me an explanation?”

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Through the lounge’s surveillance, seeing that the situation outside had been brought under control and preparing to go out, Xu Man’s legs suddenly went weak.

Was the villain getting more and more angry, or did she want to kill her?

She had finally mustered the courage to face death, but Zhou Yutao said she did not need to die. She had not even had time to relax when now she was to be held accountable. Life was truly full of ups and downs.

Xu Man’s mentality somewhat collapsed.

“What do you want me to do, Professor Zhou?” she asked with red eyes.

Zhou Yutao pretended to think for about ten seconds: “First, do not call me Professor Zhou; you are not my student. Second, you are responsible.”

The little dog with red eyes was so cute.

Xu Man was stunned.

Just this? She was not going to kill her?

“I, I will be responsible, Sister Zhou,” Xu Man said with a serious face.

She did not dare to call her randomly and could only choose a relatively proper form of address.

Being responsible was only right; they had done such intimate things between them. It was just that she had always thought Zhou Yutao would kill her before, so she had never thought in this direction.

Zhou Yutao’s face instantly turned cold: “Sister Zhou?”

It sounded like the way colleagues addressed her.

Xu Man shuddered and probed: “Yutao?”

Zhou Yutao’s face softened slightly, and she finally had the mood to joke: “Boss Xu, were you about to cry just now?”

She tacitly accepted this form of address.

Xu Man: “…”.

She was not that fragile; she had not cried. Otherwise, she would have cried on the day she transmigrated into this apocalyptic novel. It was just that under the great ups and downs of her emotions, she was a bit excited.

Who could blame the villain for being so frightening?

However, Zhou Yutao’s meaning was that she accepted this form of address?

Xu Man reacted.

She had not thought of a form of address for a moment, so she blurted it out.

“Then Yutao, you rest first. I will go out and check on Xu Wu and the others,” Xu Man said cautiously.

Zhou Yutao’s face sank again: “Boss Xu seems very concerned about Xu Wu?”

If she remembered correctly, Xu Wu was the only female Omega among her six subordinates, with a very sweet appearance and voice, the type that many alphas liked.

In contrast, her own type made alphas intimidated.

As her good friend had said, she was like an unattainable iceberg, making people afraid to approach.

And that was indeed the case; over the years, the number of alphas pursuing her had decreased, and even those few retreated under her cold demeanor.

Zhou Yutao had never cared about these things, but she did care whether the alpha in front of her would fall for other Omegas.

She had almost forgotten that Xu Man had originally come for someone else, and for an alpha at that.

That Miss Xu who had repeatedly wanted to buy the new drug she had just developed to turn alphas into Omegas—was it not Xu Man?

Fortunately, the drug was not mature yet, so she had not sold it.

With her around, neither other Omegas nor alphas would get a share.

Zhou Yutao suppressed that strong possessiveness and patiently waited for Xu Man’s answer.

Xu Man: “They are my playmates from childhood to adulthood, so naturally I am concerned.”

Whether influenced by the original host’s memories or from the interactions over these few days, she had developed some affection for these subordinates who protected her.

Xu Man did not hear the jealousy in Zhou Yutao’s words and answered honestly.

This successfully earned her a cold glance from Zhou Yutao, along with a cold remark: “I have mysophobia. If my alpha touches another Omega, Boss Xu, guess if she can see tomorrow’s sun?”

Xu Man shivered and finally understood Zhou Yutao’s meaning, short of swearing an oath: “Absolutely not. Although Xu Wu is an Omega, she is like a sister to me in my heart.”

Since she had already agreed to be responsible, how could she possibly entangle with another Omega?

Xu Man did not narcissistically think that Zhou Yutao liked her, because the book did indeed say she had mysophobia, especially in this aspect.

She remembered that the reason she rejected some alphas pursuing her was simply because they had had Omegas before.

But that was normal too; the book said Zhou Yutao did not like those people.

The reason she demanded this of her was probably because she had been forced into almost having a relationship with her.

The novel seemed to mention that Omegas marked by alphas, whether they hated or liked that alpha before, would develop dependence on them.

In the later part of the book, there were alphas who tried to control Zhou Yutao with pheromones, but they all died at her hands, dismembered without intact corpses.

Xu Man quietly glanced at Zhou Yutao’s neck, which she had bitten into a miserable state, thinking that it should be a complete mark.

It was said that alphas felt great joy during a complete mark, so alphas were enthusiastic about marking Omegas.

Xu Man remembered that she had indeed been very happy at the time.

It had to be said that Zhou Yutao had foresight; she had taken medicine and used protection beforehand. Otherwise, what would they do if a child came from it?

Xu Man said: “I will absolutely not use pheromones to control you, Yutao. You can do whatever you want.”

Leaving her a small life was enough.

Xu Man’s expression was too easy to read.

Zhou Yutao understood the situation at a glance and nearly choked on her own saliva.

This certain alpha had bitten her randomly without finding the right spots, whether it was the gland or anything else. Did she think she had completely marked her?

But this way was also good; it made it easier for her to thoroughly obtain her.

An alpha like a little dog, both sweet and loyal—if she did not pull her into her palm soon, she might be seduced away by other Omegas.

Now it seemed that it was almost done.

It turned out that winning her over was so simple; she just needed to make her take responsibility.

However, it was far from enough; she wanted her heart and body to fully belong to her.

Since she liked her, she should like her even more.

Zhou Yutao was ultimately proud, so before Xu Man said she liked her, she did not plan to say it first.

“Remember your words, otherwise…”

Zhou Yutao’s gaze swept over Xu Man’s neck, and she smiled faintly.

She would dig out her gland.

Xu Man’s neck felt a chill, and she nodded repeatedly before walking out of the lounge.

Zhou Yutao followed unhurriedly behind Xu Man.

Outside, Xu Yi and the others, who had just cleaned up the zombies and re-blocked the large door, saw the two wearing the same clothes with some traces remaining on their necks and immediately exchanged knowing glances.

They had not expected the boss to be quite capable; such a proud beauty of a professor had been easily taken down by her.

However, with the marks so obvious, there was no marking? Not even a temporary mark. Professor Zhou did not have the boss’s scent on her.

The subordinates suppressed their inner doubts and smiled at Xu Man and Zhou Yutao: “Boss and Madam Boss have come out. Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?”

Xu Si was the first to hand water to the two and even unscrewed the bottle cap.

Zhou Yutao naturally took the water and drank half the bottle in an instant.

Earlier in the lounge, she did not know how much time she had spent teaching the clumsy alpha; she was indeed thirsty. And because that person was always ineffective, she, who often had disordered pheromones, was even more parched.

As she tilted her head back, the marks on her neck became even more obvious, and Xu Yi and the others could not help but frown.

Such a fine beauty, bitten like this?

The boss was really rough.

Had she not just said she wanted to leave everything to the Madam Boss? It did not seem like she disliked it.

Or perhaps the boss, who had never been in a relationship, actually knew nothing, which would explain why Zhou Yutao had no boss pheromones on her.

Xu Man tacitly accepted the subordinates’ reference to Madam Boss this time, but she still felt flustered and hurriedly shifted the topic with a flushed face and racing heart: “What about those people in the warehouse?”

Xu Yi and the others immediately stopped dwelling on the boss’s private life and became serious-faced one by one.

“At first, we only thought that the disorder of those few alphas’ pheromones was an accident, so we did not pay much attention.”

“Until after we injected that kid Chen Xing with an inhibitor and it did not work, and then based on others’ reactions, we realized that this time’s zombies were deliberately led in by Chen Xing. He knew those zombies would be affected by pheromones.”

“The other alphas used inhibitors and are much better now. After being lectured by Little Si and Little Wu, they are very obedient now.”

“But Chen Xing and his few roommates are all troublemakers; not only do they not obey discipline, but they also want to continue causing trouble, so we let them sleep for a while.”

“Boss, what do you say we should do with these people?”

In their view, they should throw the people out; keeping such a rat turd would eventually cause trouble.

If the situation outside were not unclear now, with large numbers of zombies lurking around, they would suggest the boss abandon the supermarket directly.

Anyway, their vehicles were parked in the garage, and the prepared supplies were quite sufficient.

Xu Man looked at Zhou Yutao: “Yutao, what do you say we should do with them?”

Earlier, she had promised to protect her group of students.

Actually, Xu Man had opened the door at the beginning because of Zhou Yutao. Now, through a twist of fate, she had this relationship with Zhou Yutao, so Chen Xing, this black sheep, should naturally be gotten rid of sooner.

The first reason was that people who stayed with Chen Xing would basically die because of him.

The second reason was that in the later part, Zhou Yutao and Chen Xing were actually opposed.

Between the woman she had been intimate with and an irrelevant male lead, Xu Man could clearly distinguish which was more important.

However, she did not know Zhou Yutao’s thoughts, so she sought her opinion first.

If she insisted on protecting Chen Xing, she would listen to her. At worst, she would keep Chen Xing in a coma forever; anyway, Xu Yi and the others had ways to prevent Chen Xing from causing trouble.

The current Chen Xing was not yet the grown-up male lead from the later part of the novel.

Moreover, without the original host as a tool to provide equipment, she did not know if he still had a chance to grow.

Since Xu Man looked at Zhou Yutao, Xu Yi and the others also looked at Zhou Yutao, their faces all saying: Madam Boss, you say how to do it, and we will do it that way.

Clearly, less than a day had passed, and the one in charge had become Zhou Yutao.

Zhou Yutao was not coy at all; on the contrary, she had even more of an air of authority than Xu Man, the actual boss.

“Let them fend for themselves.”

She said with utmost coldness.

Everyone present was startled.

Especially Xu Man, who stammered: “But you just now…”

She had just sacrificed so much for them.

How could she turn around and ignore them?

Hearing the meaning in Xu Man’s unfinished words, Zhou Yutao reached out again and ruffled her head: “A black sheep cannot be kept, of course. I still have many students to protect.”

This statement was not wrong; it could even be said to show great vision.

“Yutao is so thoughtful,” Xu Man praised sincerely.

She was an alpha after all, two or three centimeters taller than Zhou Yutao. When Zhou Yutao reached out, she reflexively crouched down a bit to make it easier for her to ruffle her head.

Like an obedient little dog.

Xu Yi and the others: “…”.

Fine, the boss was completely under the control of an Omega.

But it was better than shamelessly chasing after that alpha Chen Xing’s butt before.

At least, this Madam Boss seemed very capable; perhaps she could even teach the boss to grow and make her as capable as herself.

Just as they thought this, they saw Xu Man staring at Zhou Yutao with slightly dazed eyes.

Xu Yi and the others immediately dispelled this illusion.

Actually, it was fine if the boss did not become capable; this natural and harmless type was not bad either.

“Madam Boss is right,” Xu Si flattered first, and the others quickly echoed.

Zhou Yutao nodded and glanced at the more or less bloodstains on their clothes, saying: “While there is nothing now, go to the lounge and change your clothes first. Thank you for your hard work. Whatever you need, just tell Manman.”

Suddenly acting like a leader.

Crucially, Xu Yi and the others did not notice anything wrong and were even moved to pieces in their hearts.

Especially Xu Si.

At the beginning, he had such a bad attitude toward the Madam Boss. He had not expected her to care about him like this. How was the Madam Boss so good? In the future, he must repay her well.

He said on the spot: “Madam Boss, if there is anything you need me to do, just instruct me.”

Zhou Yutao gave him a meaningful look: “Xu Si, right? Very good.”

Do not say it, she was quite satisfied with this phoenix among men; in the future, many things could indeed be entrusted to him, such as today, “forcing” her into Xu Man’s arms.

Clearly, nothing was said, but Xu Si and Xu Man shivered together.

In just a few minutes, Zhou Yutao had successfully won over hearts.

Of course, this was because everyone knew Xu Man listened to Zhou Yutao that they were conquered so quickly. If Xu Man had a different attitude toward Zhou Yutao, it would be another matter.

After all, their true master was still Xu Man.

For example, the despised Chen Xing was a good case.

In the end, Xu Yi and the others decided to go to the lounge one by one to change into training uniforms. Since Xu Wu was the only female Omega, she went first.

The prepared training uniforms had two colors: black and army green.

Xu Wu unhesitatingly chose army green.

The people who entered the lounge next followed suit and all chose army green, which made Xu Man and Zhou Yutao’s couple outfit even more prominent.

“Madam Boss, we will take you to see Chen Xing and the others.” Xu Yi and Xu Er had gone to guard the door.

Xu San, Xu Si, Xu Wu, and Xu Liu stood in a row, respectfully asking for instructions. Now they had learned to seek the Madam Boss for matters.

It was easy to understand because even if they sought Xu Man, she ultimately supported Zhou Yutao. So the smart ones among them had learned to skip some unimportant steps.

Zhou Yutao looked approvingly at these subordinates.

Xu Man felt a wave of embarrassment and explained softly: “Um, Yutao, about the clothes, if I say it was not me who instructed them, would you believe me?”

Who could understand that subordinates being too perceptive was also a kind of worry?

Although she and Zhou Yutao’s current relationship could indeed be described as intimate, she did not know what Zhou Yutao thought and did not dare to take the initiative to do extra things.

She just wanted to live; was that so difficult?

“Boss Xu, guess if I believe it?”

Zhou Yutao glanced at her and said ambiguously, then lifted her leg and walked toward the warehouse under Xu Si’s lead.

“Whether Yutao believes it or not, this matter is a misunderstanding.”

Ah, that slightly intimate “Manman” just now was indeed an illusion; it was Zhou Yutao deliberately calling it in front of Xu Yi and the others.

Hearing this familiar tone, Xu Man instead felt a sense of relief.

There was no way around it; hearing such an address from Zhou Yutao’s mouth made her whole body go soft, and her heart seemed to beat particularly fast.

Xu Man thought that she might really be a face-connoisseur. Even knowing that Zhou Yutao was the big villain in this novel, she still could not help but blush and race with heart from some of her ambiguous actions.

Chen Xing was awakened by a bottle of water. Upon waking, he discovered that he and his roommates were all tied up, lying on the ground without dignity.

When he saw Zhou Yutao walking side by side with Xu Man, he nearly went mad.

“Professor Zhou, you compromised with her, right? She is just a pervert who likes alphas. How can you compromise with a person like this?”

His tone already carried accusation.

In his private heart, he had always thought Zhou Yutao was his Omega.

Chen Xing forgot his identity; neither before the apocalypse nor after did he have the qualification to question Zhou Yutao’s matters.

Zhou Yutao frowned, not yet speaking.

Xu Si kicked Chen Xing first: “How do you speak to our Madam Boss? Our boss and Madam Boss are mutually in love. What are you?”

This statement made even Xu Man feel ashamed.

She and Zhou Yutao, where was it mutual love? Clearly, she had accidentally offended her through a twist of fate, and now it was about taking responsibility.